Civil Partnerships

Equal partnerships

for same-sex couples

The legal recognition given to same sex couples entering into Civil Partnerships confers a number of rights and responsibilities that include;

parental responsibility for each other's children

identical tax rules to married couples

the dissolution process is the same as for divorce (other than the omission of adultery)

financial settlements on dissolution are the same as a divorce

pre-registration agreements are treated in the same way as pre-marriage agreements

At Fosters Law we are able to help you understand how these matters could affect your property, children and inheritance rights; with the respective tax, financial, benefit and legacy ramifications therein. In conjunction with this, we are confident at managing discussions on the difficult subjects including pre-partnership agreements and dissolution, the civil partnership equivalent of a divorce.